Automatic portable weighing-scoop.



PATENTBD NOV. 19, 1907.

W. G. DAVIES.

AUTOMATIC PORTABLE WEIGHING SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1907 witness WILLIAM G. DAVIES, OF SEATTLE,WASHINGTON.

AUTOMATIC PORTABLE WEIGHING-SCOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application filed April 22. 1907. Serial No. 369,683,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. DAVIES, a citizen of the U nitcd Statesof America, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of Kingand State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automatic Portable \Veighing-Scoops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention has for its primary object the provision of an improvedconstruction of the type indicated which can be carried to the bin orother receptacle containing the desired material and employed, first asscoop to remove the material from the bin, then as a sca e for weighingsuch material.

A further object resides in the provision of a suitable releasableconnection through the medium of which the scoop part of the device can,when desired, be secured in rigid relation to the hand part.

ith the above and other desirable objects in view, to be referred to asthe description progresses, the invention resides in the features ofconstruction hereinafter described and succinctly defined in theappended claims.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, in which like numerals ofreference indicate like parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 isa view in perspective of my invention, parts being broken away, and Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the scale casing,handle or hand part, and the upper portion of the scoop.

In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable scoop, as 1, and ahandle or hand part 2, between which there is a yielding connection inthe form of a spring 3. This spring, in the present embodiment, is apart of the scale 4, whose casing is formed of telescoping sections 5,5, the lower of which is fixed to scoop 1 and the upper having handle orhand. part 2, which projects rearwardly therefrom, fixed thereto, in anydesired manner.

As now considered, the lower section of the scale casing is secured to alaterally extending wall portion 1., which is formed integral with theside and end walls of the scoop, at a point in proximity to the rear endportion of said scoop, and therefore in order to bring the center ofgravity of the scoop directly beneath. the scale, and thereby obviatefriction between the respective sections of the scale casing, I Weightthe rear portion of said scoop by increasing the thickness of its endwall, as at 1. By connecting the scale to the scoop at a point forwardlyof that shown in the drawing, I am enabled to reduce or entirely removethe added weight to the rear wall of the scoop, as is obvious.

Reference numeral 6 indicates a releasable connection between the handleor hand part 2 and the scoop 1, the same comprising a catch pivoted at 7to said handle and having an angular tongue 8 adapted for engagement inan aperture 8 formed in the rear wall of scale section 5, and arearwardly projecting arm or finger part ad apt-ed to be engaged andpressed upwardly against the tension of a spring 11, into a slot 8 inthe handle or hand part 2 to release tongue 8 and thereby per- 'mit ofthe weighing operation being carried 'on.

side walls with a vertical slot through which Casing section 5 is formedin one of its a pointer 9 fixed to casing section 5 projects, and thispointer moves across suitable marks of indication, representing poundsand fractions, provided on said casing section 5 to one side of the slotthereof. Spring 3 has one end secured to the top wall of easing section5 and its other end secured by wires 10, which pass through an eye 10thereof, to the scoop, see Fig. 2. Casing sections 5, 5 are preferablysquare in cross section, whereby they will be prevented from twisting orturning one on the other.

By my improved device, the requirement of walking back and forth fromthe bin or other receptacle containing the desired material, to a scalearranged on the counter, as now practiced, is obviated, as the operatorholding my device by the handle or hand part 2 can scoop from thebin thematerial as with an ordinary scoop, then by releasing the scale casingsections by pressing with his finger, the finger part or arm ofreleasable connection 6 upwardly, as heretofore described, weighing ofthe material in the scoop can be accomplished.

Casing section 5 is formed at its lower portion with a flange 5 a partof which is engaged beneath and firmly held by a flange 1 of thelaterally extending wall portion 1, while the remaining portion of saidflange 5 is soldered or otherwise secured to said wall portion 1.

While I have herein described and shown an embodiment of my inventionwhich will carry out the functions assigned thereto,I

reserve the right to make alterations and changes in the details ofconstruction, as fall within the scope of the appended claims. Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A device of the ty e set forth comprising a scoop having a aterallyextending ortion at its top, a scale having a casing ormed oftelescoping sections which are angular in cross section, one of saidsections being fixed to said laterally extending portion of the scoop,and a hand part fixed to the other section of the scale casing, for thepurpose specified.

2. A device of the ty e set forth comprising a scoop having a aterallyextending portion connecting its side walls and formed with aflange,ascale having a casing formed of telescoping sections one of which isformed with a flange secured beneath the flange of said laterallyextending portion of said scoop, and a hand part fixed to the othersection of said-casing.

Signed at Seattle, Washington this 12th day of April 1907. WILLIAM G.DAVIES. Witnesses:

JOHN W. FILKINS, ARLITA ADAMS.

